Napkin-supporter.



C. DUPRESNE.

NAPKIN SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.,19o7.

902,568. Patented Nov.3,19o8.

' v M3 #fran/MEX CHARLES DUFRESNE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NAPKIN-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed November 6, 1907. Serial No. 400,965.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES DUFRESNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago. in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Napkin-Supporters; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a novel device for holding a napkin about theneck of the wearer; the object being to provide a device for thispurpose to which the napkin can be readily attached and firmly held, andwhich can be easily put on and removed from the neck7 and consists inthe features of construction and combinationsI of parts hereinafterfully described and claimed.

In the accompanying` drawing illustrating my invention Figure lis aperspective view of a supporter made in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2- is an enlarged cross section through the middle portion of thesupporter showing` a napkin in place. Fig. 3- is a view of the supporterbefore it is bent to the U-shape, to more clearly illustrate the slotsfor receiving the corner of the napkin.

My supporter consists of a U-shaped Hat spring collar A, the ends Bbeing curved outwardly to a slight extent to facilitate the placing ofthe holder in position about the neck.

The middle portion of the holder is provided with two parallellongitudinal slots or openings C and D through which the corner of thenapkin may be threaded and clamped as will be explained.

The corner E of the napkin F is first passed through the lower slot Dfrom the outside of the supporter then it is passed through the upperslot C from the inside of the supporter and then the body of the napkinis passed around the lower edge of the supporter to the inside and overthe top edge of same to the outerside of the supporter when it is readyfor the supporter to be placed in position on the neck.

It is obvious that the corner of the napkin will be firmly held in thesupporter on account of the clamping effect of the body of the napkinwhere it overlies the free corner after it has been passed through theupper slot.

My device is very simple and easily applied.

I claim as my invention- A napkin holder comprising a substan tiallyoval shaped flat spring member formed of a single strip of material andhaving each terminus thereof bent slightly outwards forming a relativelyshort arm at the smaller end of the holder, said arms projecting inopposite directions with respect to each other, the portions of saidmember at the bends being arranged in close proximity to each other,said member having the central portion at its closed end provided with aplurality of elongated slots of such a length as to extend along aportion of each side of said member, said slots arranged in parallelismwith respect to each other.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES DUFR-ESNE. Witnesses E. F. lVILsoN, M. C. JOHNSON.

